Display holder



H. c. NATERMAN/ DISPLAY HOLDER Filed July 3,

INVENTOR. @17227.61 la/Wiz ATTORNEY.

'Patented sept. 16, 1924.

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' vide a device that will securely hold in position and display arelatively long list of written or p-rinted matter in a comparativelysmall space, which list may be readily removed therefrom and replaced byother lists as occasion demands.

A further object is to provide a display device that is simple inconstruction, easily operated, and that may be utilized in a number ofdifferent situations.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the display device attached to thesteering column of an automobile.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the holder.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 8 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder mounted in a desk frame.

Fig. 5 is an end view showing a means for p-reventing an accidentalrotation of the holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 6 designates the completedisplay holder, consisting of a cylindrical tube 7 preferably formed ofglass, or other transparent material, having metal end caps,8,9, eachprovided with a dentrally disposed aperture 10, 11, respectively.Display cylinder 7 is mounted between bearings 12, 13, formed by theupturned ends of a flat metallic supporting bar 14, the ends of thebearings being .provided with bearing pins l5 formed of screws, the endsof which engage the apertures Iformed in themetal caps, thus permittingthe tube 7 to freely rotate thereon. Rigidly secured to the bar 14 i923.iseriaiivaeiegsiaf midway between its ends is a circular spring clampingmember 16, the ends being provided with the usual securing bolt 17, bymeans of which it may be readily secured to a stationary support.

In Figs. l and 2 I have shown my device as adapted for holding anautomobile license card 20. The printed card is rolled so that itsdiameter is less than the internal diameter of the transparent tube 7into which it is inserted. When the license card or paper upon which itis printed, is released after insertion in the cylinder, the resiliencyof the paper or card will cause the same to unroll and smoothly engagethe inner surface of the cylinder, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. The display device may .be secured to the steering column 21of an auto vehicle so that the license number and other matter on thelicense card may be readily scrutinized by kan authorized person whendesired.A

In Fig. 4 of the drawing, I have shownA the device for use in connectionwith a desk, the clamp 16 being omitted from the supporting bar 14, andtwo cross bars 22, 23, being secured to said bar adjacent the endsthereof for supporting the device on the desk. When used in this mannera number of typewritten telephone addresses that are most frequentlyused may be made on a slip of'paper of the required size and inserted inthe cylinder 7, slips containing new or corrected addresses may besubstituted as f sired information to the view of the op erator.

From the above descrip-tion it will be observed that I have provided anovel display device which may be conveniently utilized in varioussituations, the rotating cylinder being capable of holding a typewrittenlist of addresses whose length will be approxiinztely three times thediameter of the cylin er.

Wllat I claim is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a frame provided withaligned bearings, a transparent tube mounted in said 5 bearings forrotation, and means mounted on said frame and engaging said cylinder toprevent an accidental rotation. y

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame provided Withaligned bear- ]0 ings7 a transparent tube having metal end capsdetachably secured thereto mounted in said bearings Jfor rotation, oneof said caps Abeing provided With a serrated periph ery, and a springdog mounted on said :trame and engaging the serrations on said cap toprevent accidental rotation.

In Witness that I Claim the foregoing l have hereunto subscribed my namethis 4th day of June, 1923.

HENRY C. NATERMAN.

